givemyall
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You know what OP, I dont know who you are and I dont really care, but the thread heading interested me. I've been the way I am since I was 14, I guess really its been all my life, but it took me that long to grow up enough to try it, anyway, im 44 now so, I guess I have a few years of it under my belt. Always been safe and up to a couple of months ago, if you had asked 'can bdsm mess you up' then I would have told you to grow a pair. However I got into a relationship with a man who talked the talk, walked the walk, he seemed to be ticking all the boxes, we had lots of close times where he seemed to be in control. Then one night he turned, thats when I found out that most of his 'bdsm' experience had come from german S&M films - im still picking the splinters and the dye off the cane from under my skin! The forensic people gasped when they saw me. (obviously my judgement of this person was way off!) No it wasnt BDSM because in my experience BDSM has always been sane and consensual - this wasn't, I had zero control over what was happening, but because the world likes to stereotype, all the relevant authorities are judging it under the BDSM umbrella. I cant give out any other details for legal reasons, but im sure you get the picture. So can BDSM mess you up? - well, if you have control, then no, BDSM can not mess you up, it can not harm you, because at the end of the day it should be consensual, its what you agreed to, but its how you see it at the end of the day which makes a difference, if your session was out of control and out of your limits, then this thing that has happened CAN mess you up, because even if it set out as BDSM, it did not remain that way - this becomes assault (within the UK law system) and assault or rape can be hard to deal with and yes it can 'mess you up'. The person controlling the situation may still see it as BDSM (as they would judge it), but you dont! - I know because im there at the moment. So maybe I am answering this question with a completely different perspective than most people, but hey, we are all allowed an opinion. regards to everyone! Claire
< Message edited by givemyall -- 2/16/2012 4:10:52 PM >
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